A whole lot of people are gonna be really disappointed when they see that European security autonomy doesn’t just mean reduced costs for the US. It also means Europe has a lot more leeway to do a whole lot of shit they might not like.

War on the Rocks@warontherocks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Germany is targeting 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2029. In early 2022, it was under 1.5% and had no real plan to hit even 2%. (Members Only) Listen here: warontherocks.com/episode/unsp...

Bang up job everyone www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...

Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says

The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.

nytimes.com

If you’re a person in the world and you can just do nothing, but instead take some positive action that results in a shitload of people dying who wouldn’t have died if you had just done nothing, then yeah fuckface, you’re responsible.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

Kinda hilarious watching bluesky discover prospect theory in real time

Nothing personal, but anyone who makes children’s clothing that can only be hand washed should be publicly flogged.

…so we’re giving their fiercest rival an unobstructed path to nuclear weapons, which will surely have no adverse effects on Iran’s incentives to go nuclear.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"

Saudi Arabia: famously lacking in viable sources of energy

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. NEWS President Trump has formally approved a landmark agreement with Saudi Arabia that will provide the country with a civilian nuclear program and potentially open the door to uranium enrichment in the kingdom’s territory.

It is a massive social failure that nonsense like this sounds compelling to a lot of people and those babbling it aren’t immediately laughed out of any room they enter

Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 2w ago

I mean, her LinkedIn just straight up tells you which one

Good thing fascism doesn’t canonically entail killing all the disabled people

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w ago

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

Just like in the final four years ago, France gave up a stupid early penalty that totally changed the game. Can’t do that against good teams.

Yeah this could easily develop into a “break the glass” kinda situation. Maybe it’s a bullshit trial balloon, but people need to start thinking about their red lines for getting out into the streets en masse.

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's all fun and games until we gather at the Capitol

It’s unfortunate but it’s absolutely the right call. Argentina have also been total dogshit so it’s not at all certain this’ll kill the game.

These guys are breaking down. Game is gonna be won/lost on a mistake.

And lots of universities (including my own) have based their entire financial model on these courses, so we’re gonna see just how long they can persist burying their heads in the sand on this.

Andrew Heiss@andrew.heiss.phd · 4w ago

woof ≈80% of assignments this summer term have essentially been just raw chatgpt/claude output, including assignments that required designing stuff in illustrator/affinity/canva. The battle is lost for asynchronous online courses.

I believe I was 9ish when I intuited that “go faster” might be the answer to my “how can I launch my huffy further off this makeshift ramp?” query.

Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Boko Haram fighters asked AI chatbots for advice about how to train up and how to modify their motorcycles to jump over defensive trenches…and *it worked* (allegedly, according to defectors)

OP said nothing about effectiveness. It’s about being a “proper nation,” which we all know hinges on futile violence

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 4w ago

gork is this true

Credit where it’s due, guy just engineered a foolproof doomsday machine.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump tells the New York Post that if Iran assassinates him, "I've left instructions to just literally bomb them at levels never seen before" 🙃

My “everyone else is playing for the right to get destroyed by France” theory of this World Cup remains undefeated

Maybe being a dick to all your allies isn’t good industrial policy after all

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4w ago

NEWS: NATO just picked Sweden's Saab over Boeing for its new $4.5B early warning fleet — and the snub landed the same day Trump touched down in Türkiye for the NATO summit. Awkward.

The dude in white comes away with this ball despite the four US players surrounding him and gets off a free cross ~10 yards from goal. They played timid.

Everything Trump touches dies

Pulisic and Dest are like 0/10 taking on Belgian defenders. US just can’t create chances if those guys don’t beat their man and create imbalances.

Or he’s hoping he can wait it out and lay low until the news cycle moves on.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4w ago

"We are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins. Those were the goals when we launched this campaign, and they remain my goals today." Platner hints he will drop out.

What a fitting end for Neymar…shit talking the goalkeeper who won the game for his team while you score a consolation penalty

I love a good dunk but this is the only semi-reasonable decision they’ve made throughout this whole ordeal

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

The Great American State Fair has closed until 5 pm due to extreme heat.

What the fuuuuuuuuck

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey, look at that, what had been subtext is once again just text. This is a Redeemer administration.

Huge L for whatever president signed that agreement

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · last mo.

The U.S. declined to extend its signature trade pact with Mexico and Canada, setting up a decadelong review process that casts uncertainty over businesses.

If your vote for golden ball is anyone other than Michael Olise then I don’t respect your opinion on soccer.

Grand, now stop fucking emailing me for money every 45 minutes

Mediaite@mediaite.com · last mo.

‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries

It’ll be a small miracle if Paraguay finish this game with 11 men